Sakinalu

Ingredients:

• Rice - 1 kg
• Ajwain seeds(vaamu) - 1/4 cup
• sesame seeds(nuvvulu) - 1/2 cup
• salt to taste
• oil for frying

Preparation Method

Soak the rice with enough water for about 3-4 hrs.
Drain the water using a mesh and leave the rice in the mesh for about 3 hrs so that it gets dried.
Now grind the rice in a grinder till it becomes fine powder.
Roast the sesame seeds(nuvvulu) lightly on a low flame.
Now add the Sesame,Ajwain seeds and salt to the rice flour.Make a dough with the help of water as you do for chapathis.
Take small quantity of the dough in hand and make circles with thin lines on a cloth as in the below picture.

Repeat this process to make all the sakinalu.Don't worry this will take some time but on pratice you can do it.
After they are done allow the sakinalu to dry.
Now take a hallow pan with oil to fry.
Take the sakinalu slowly with help of a flat plate and fry them in the oil till light brown colour.
Finally your sakinalu are ready to eat.
These can be stored in a air tight container upto one month.